Vinzenz Unger

Vinzenz Unger studied biochemistry in Tübingen before joining the MRC-Laboratory of Molecular Biology where he conducted graduate work on the structure of the G protein coupled receptor rhodopsin. After graduating from Cambridge, he did postdoctoral work at the Scripps Reserach Institute, where he used two-dimensional crystals and electron crystallography to determine the structure of intercellular gap junction channels. He joined the Yale Faculty in 2000, where he is now an Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. His research interests are focused on studying the structure and function of membrane proteins and their macromolecular assemblies, as well as structure determination of membrane associated scaffolds that are involved in membrane remodeling and synaptic signaling.

Biography Updated on 10 January 2008

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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. A structural perspective on copper uptake in eukaryotes
    BioMetals, vol. 20, no. 3-4, pp. 705–716, 2007
  2. F-BAR Proteins Join the BAR Family Fold
    Structure, vol. 15, no. 7, pp. 751–753, 2007
  3. Projection structure of the human copper transporter CTR1 at 6-A resolution reveals a compact trimer with a novel channel-like architecture
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 103, no. 10, pp. 3627–3632, 2006
  4. Structural Insights into the Assembly of the Type III Secretion Needle Complex
    Science, vol. 306, no. 5698, pp. 1040–1042, 2004
  5. Eukaryotic CTR Copper Uptake Transporters Require Two Faces of the Third Transmembrane Domain for Helix Packing, Oligomerization, and Function
    Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 279, no. 51, pp. 53435–53441, 2004
  6. The membrane protein FeoB contains an intramolecular G protein essential for Fe(II) uptake in bacteria
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 99, no. 25, pp. 16243–16248, 2002
  7. Electron cryomicroscopy methods
    Current Opinion in Structural Biology, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 548–554, 2001
  8. Nature Structural Biology, vol. 7, no. 12, pp. 1082–1084, 2000